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Peres Center for Peace: Farmar Checks In From Israel
The Lakers Nation — ... NBA.com: Los Angeles Lakers guard Jordan Farmar, in partnership with the Peres Center for Peace, is hosting basketball clinics for Israeli and Palestinian children in Israel throughout the week. The trip serves as a follow up to Farmar’s visit to the Seeds of Peace camp in Maine last week. Seeds of Peace uses sports to bring together Israeli and Palestinian children. The children play different sports together, and discuss the shared problems and challenges in their daily lives. ...

Jordan Farmar in Israel
Lakers Blog — ... . Farmar also talks about sports' ability to unite people of different cultures, races and economic backgrounds , an observation with which I absolutely concur. An argument could be made that there's no single greater impetus for bringing close people with- on the pure surface- little to nothing in common. At the very least, an increased awareness, tolerance and even appreciation for cultural differences will emerge. Obviously, it's hardly the "cure-all" to what's often a very complicated, political and emotional issue. But for the most part, the minute you become ...